Pad for the shoulders of wearing apparel



March 15, 1938. 2,110,951

SAMUEL FRAIS, KNOWN As SAM FRAIS I PAD FOR THE SHOULDERS OF WEARING APPAREL Filed April 9. 1936 Patented Mar. 15, 1938 UNITED STATES PAD FOR THE SHOULDERS OF WEARING APPAREL Samuel Frais, known as Sam Frais, London, England Application April 9, 1936, Serial No. 73,532 In Great Britain December 24, 1935 1 Claim.

This invention relates to pads for padding the shoulders of wearing apparel more especially for use in connection with mens wear and is an improvement in or modification of the invention 5 for which I have obtained a Patent No. 2,068,644

dated January 26, 1937, comprising a shoulder pad shaped to the shape of the shoulder or surrounding part to which it is to be applied and made of spongy rubber or synthetic spongy rubher with, if desired, appropriate covering material and a layer of felt or the like.

The present improvements have for their object to render the sewing of the pad into position more easy and wherein the pad will retain its shape and thickness after subsequent pressing of the garment fitted therewith.

For good tailoring it is desirable to have a soft and supple pad which will also give a straight line from the neck across the shoulder to the 20 sleeve head so that the shoulder pad runs smoothly into the shoulder seam to reduce the tendency to form a bump at this point. When sewing known pads in position their original thickness is altered by the sewing operation which causes this unevenness and when the necessary pressing of the garment at the shoulders takes place results in making the pad more or less hard, bumpy and objectionable.

After many experiments I have found a pad which is made of spongy rubber or synthetic spongy rubber which will avoid these objections, can be produced beforehand of the exact shape and thickness required for the finished garment, will not have this shape altered during the subsequent pressing operations, will remain soft and pliable, can be easily sewn in position without any clinging of the needle and requires no more time for the piece worker or other operative to use, which again is an important factor for consideration.

For this purpose, according to the invention, I

provide a rebate, groove, recess, lip or rabbet at the appropriate places at the thickest edge of'the pad, such rebates, grooves or recesses being filled in or provided with felt, wadding or other suitable material of softer texture than the body 5 of the pad through which the stitching can be effected without any clinging of the needle in the sewing operation.

The new pad is shown in the acompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a shoulder pad constructed according to the present invention and Fig. 2 is a modification. Fig. 3 shows a central cross section of Fig. 1.

From this drawing, it will be understood that 15 in Fig. 1, A represents a pad formed of spongy or synthetic rubber; and in the thickest edge of said pad, which is to be sewn, is formed a recessed or rebated part B in which is transversely located a padding or filling of soft material while in Fig. 2, such rebated parts are arranged at intervals.

By these means an indeformable shoulder pad is provided which will definitely retain its shape and can be easily stitched in place, keeps the shoulder line straight, eliminates a tendency to form a bump at the shoulder and avoids any clinging of the needle in sewing.

I claim:-

In a pad of a character dimensioned to be permanently incorporated in the shoulder of a coat and there subjected to heat, moisture and pressure incidental to steam pressing, a body of sponge rubber presenting a relatively thick crescent shape in the middle portion of the pad and tapering from the middle toa relatively thin Y edge, a plurality of spaced transversely disposed recesses in the thickest edge of the pad and inserted fabric-like members in said recesses.

40 SAMUEL FRAIS, KNOWN AS SAM FRAIS. 

